Though the priests attack's were successful, Balkan’s life was far away from death. A Lich was an existence that could survive infinitely long as it could create an army if there were corpses and living creatures.
“Awaken, my servants…!”
As Balkan shouted, a 5-meter high Stone Golem stood up from the ground. It was so high that it could almost scrape the ceiling with its thick looking pairs of arms and legs! Higher-rank Necromancers usually had at least one Golem type guardian and in case of Balkan, it was a stone golem.
Dudududu!
As the Stone Golem swung its arm, paladins were thrown back. Every time the Golem ran, the ground shook and small rubble fell from the ceiling. It had vitality, defence and attack like a steel wall. And as it is a guardian created by magic, it didn’t take damages from holy spells.
“Be careful. It’s not certain but it must be mid to late level 400.”
“We have to breakthrough the golem first to get to Balkan.”
“Let’s take down the golem.”
They thought the battle to be simple because they were against Balkan but the battle became chaotic instantly.
Usually, when magicians are hit by one or two small attacks, their spells got cancelled and they experienced fluctuation in mana. But Balkan was fine even with continuous hits from Light Sphere and Turn Undead. With the Lich’s high magic resistance, the spell casting didn’t get cancelled.
“Chasing Arrow!”
Pale and Maylon concentrated their mana in arrows and shot it toward Balkan. As a magician, Balkan could not take drastic evasive movements while chanting a spell so the arrows hit without missing all the time. But it felt like he did not mind the minor attacks at all.
A Lich’s nature was to drain health and mana from living creatures so Balkan was not in a desperate situation.
“Silent Atmosphere.”
More than 200 paladins in Balkan’s curse range were surrounded by dark and blue energies.
A very strong curse that disturbs the targets breathing!
“Bone Destruction.”
CRACK!
This time, about 30 paladins’ bones in their bodies were crushed. Even though they were wearing armor, they couldn’t overcome the curse because of low resistance.
“Fire Hydra Summon.”
Balkan even summoned a Fire Hydra. Sprouting from the ground head first, it breathed fire from each of its head. Balkan casted three spells consecutively with ease.
After a very short break, Balkan began casting attack magic on the paladins.
“Frost Ring!”
Rings of freezing air were created and covered the paladins.
The priests’ healing spells were focused on Balkan and paladins. Because of that they were able to prevent mass slaughters from the continuous spells. Also it was due to the nature of paladins’ magic defence and resistance being comparably higher than the warrior class.
Weed observed the situation cooly.
‘Balkan’s curse magic, Necromancers’ magic are on top standards. Looking at his unbelievably strong Undead, I’m pretty sure he can create a bunch of Bone Dragons if he has the required corpses. He can use summon magic quite well but his attack magic is fairly weak.’
Up to a certain point, Balkan’s magic was relatively weak compared to other magicians. Balkan could cast attack spells faster than advanced magicians over level 400. If one considered not only the magic strength but the casting speed as important in battle, it could be said to be a considerable forte.